by Vishvapani | May 1, 2014 | Buddha, Buddhism, Featured
The Buddha and his teaching are very down to earth, but his perspective also expresses is very strange and quite beyond anything we already know. This can also become a vivid element of our experience through the experience of liberation, particularly by breaking what...
by Vishvapani | Nov 29, 2012 | Buddha, Featured, Gautama Buddha
In the Buddha’s world, nature and the wilderness were frightening threats. The early Buddhist texts show how he forged a new relationship with nature, opening the way for the beautiful nature poetry of his followers As the Discourses of the Pali Canon (our main...
by Vishvapani | Mar 22, 2012 | Buddha, Gautama Buddha
What’s left to say about the Buddha? Everything, I discovered: the funny, original, surprising Buddha of history is more relevant than ever Writing the biography of the Buddha which was published last year as Gautama Buddha: the Life and Teachings of the Awakened...
by Vishvapani | Jan 6, 2012 | Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha: the Life and Teachings of the Awakened One is now out in paperback, published by Quercus at £8.99. It’s also available in Commonwealth territories. I’ve also built a new website for the book at www.gautamabuddha.info and posted all the...
by Vishvapani | Dec 15, 2011 | Gautama Buddha, Reviews
Dr Joyce Miller reviews “Gautama Buddha” for the Association of Religious Education Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants: AREIAC Newsletter, Autumn, 2011 In this excellent book on the life and teachings of the Buddha, Vishvapani quotes a story to...
